Posted on 01/17/2024 2:38:37 PM PST by conservative98
The former candidate wants the Governor out of the race before New Hampshire votes on Tuesday.
Ron DeSantis says he’s not leaving the presidential race anytime soon, but a former opponent for the 2024 Republican nomination says he should do just that.
Former candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said DeSantis should withdraw before the next Primary in the race.
“I’ll give (DeSantis) immense credit if he does the right thing & drops out before the NH primary. Most of his votes will go to Donald Trump & we can end this primary to make sure that Nikki Haley & her neocon ilk never come anywhere near the White House. That’s a key reason why I exited,” Ramaswamy posted on X.
Ramaswamy, who finished a distant fourth place in Iowa, immediately endorsed the former President after his defeat.
It’s unclear how many votes would ultimately go to Trump if DeSantis withdrew from the race, especially in the Granite State where DeSantis hasn’t caught on as a candidate based on polling. But surveys have suggested DeSantis and Ramaswamy largely served to cannibalize Trump’s support in New Hampshire.
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Trump will be 78 in June.
He's heavyset, under a great deal of stress, and subsides on a diet of Big Macs.
The man isn't going to live forever. There'd better be a Plan B.
He is a great wing man.
My husband and I are saying the same thing.
Won’t do any good. If Trump isn’t allowed to run the GOP is going to lose. Neither one of the others can get the votes Trump can get.
No. He endorsed Trump and appeared on stage with him.
Vivek doesn’t get along at all with Nikki.
No love lost between the two of them.
Vivie is no longer relevant…
Trump/Vivek in ‘24!!!
What does Asa say? Dudes that get virtually no votes should shut the hell up. Vivek was an online mirage. No one in real life knows who he is.
This sound like an old style liberal?
https://nypost.com/2013/03/10/rfk-son-is-oil-broken-up-over-chavez-death/
https://news.yahoo.com/why-many-libertarians-suddenly-fond-160029097.html
https://theweek.com/speedreads/445746/robert-f-kennedy-jr-wants-law-punish-global-warming-skeptics
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/on-rfk-jr-s-environmentalism/
https://www.yahoo.com/video/robert-kennedy-jr-on-climate-change-140205979.html
I could go on but I’ll stop. RFK Jr. Is a dangerous environmental loon! He makes Greta look sane!
Bingo.
I would support Trump over Haley if DeSantis drops out before I can vote, but a lot of DeSantis people would switch to RFK Jr and not vote for Trump or Haley. The Covid lockdowns and “vaccines” are the main issue for many of them.
This important point most Trump supporters haven’t even thought of yet. Their dislike of DeSantis is so deep they’re blind to the danger of Haley outlasting him.
Very well said. But since Trump has trained his supporters to attack DeSantis, and rarely speaks ill of Nikki, they’re not able to process this.
I don’t think you can judge by FR - most of the DeSantis supporters here are trolls who wouldn’t actually vote for him. You can tell by a certain bullheadedness and the doubling down on leftist talking points.
I’d say DeSantis primary voters will mostly go to Trump when he drops out.
Haley, on the other hand - not so much. When she drops out her primary voters will mostly go back to being Democrats.
Trump will still be elected even if in jail. It may increase the vote.
Yep, I call her supporters experimenters. They are dems experimenting with supporting so called republican candidates - but really are Democrats.
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